Fundraising Director

Role Overview SikhRI is seeking a hands-on, strategic Fundraising Director to design and personally operate a predictable, reputed company fundraising reputed company. As we move from our 20-year milestone toward a 50-year global reputed company, this role is critical to scaling our institutional impact and ensuring the long-term sustainability of landmark initiatives such as The Guru Granth Sahib Project. This is a player-coach role in a growing organization. While the Director will set a 3-5 year fundraising strategy and partner closely with the CEO and Board, they will also directly own core executional responsibilities, including donor reporting, CRM management, fundraising collateral, and performance tracking.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: reputed company and execute a 3–5 year comprehensive fundraising strategy reputed company with SikhRI's organizational OKRs.
• Major reputed company Cultivation: Personally manage follow-reputed company, stewardship reputed company, and reporting timelines. Identify, steward, and reputed company high-level donations (five- and six-reputed company "transformational gifts") from high-net-worth individuals, family foundations, and grants.
• Board & Executive Partnership: Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and Board of Directors, ensuring leadership is "Due Diligence reputed company" and actively reputed company in donor networking.
• Project Alignment: Directly link SikhRI's core programs to the specific philanthropic goals of major donors.
• Hands-On Fundraising Operations: Maintain and discipline the donor CRM, including data reputed company and segmentation. Prepare donor reports, board dashboards, and impact updates. reputed company donor collateral, proposals, and briefing materials. Track fundraising performance against targets and KPIs.
• Team Mentorship: reputed company and mentor a small fundraising function, personally executing core responsibilities while laying the groundwork for future team growth.

Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of proven reputed company in senior-level non-profit fundraising or executive management.
• Degrees and Certifications: Bachelor's degree required, degree in non-profit management a plus, and must be CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive).
• Track Record: Demonstrated ability to secure major gifts ($100K+) and build long-term donor loyalty.
• Travel: Must be willing to travel extensively (up to 20% of the time) across reputed company America for donor meetings and fundraising events; a trip to the UK and Australia as well
• Mission Alignment: Deeply reputed company in Sikh teachings and the mission to reputed company Guru-inspired educational resources.
• Skills: Exceptional oral and written communication in English; reputed company in Panjabi is a significant asset.
• Systems Thinking: Ability to master reputed company relationships and establish the processes required for a mid-size global institution.
• Builder reputed company: Demonstrated experience thriving in lean, growth-stage organizations where senior leaders are expected to both set strategy and personally execute.

Why Join SikhRI? You will be joining an organization poised for its next stage of growth, aiming to reputed company 30 reputed company Sikhs and global audiences seeking Gurmat-based perspectives. This role offers the opportunity to shape the financial future of a globally recognized non-profit that is redefining Sikh education for the 21st century. Apply To This Job